A Midsummer Night's Dream Vocab

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Odious

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(adj.) hateful; offensive; disgusting

Hint 1

the hateful, offensive person was clearly odious and disgusting

Antonym: loving
Synonym: hateful

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Enamored

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(v.) filled with love or charm (use with the word “with”)

Hint 2

the man was quite enamored with the pretty young lady who was flirting with him, though he was odious about the old hag that was unsuccessfully trying to flirt with him, too.

Antonym: loathing
Synonym: loving

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Purge

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(v.) to cleanse of impurities and/or sins

Hint 3

the man had to purge himself before the ordeal, but the men watching him could stay full of their impurities and/or sins.

Antomyn: none
Synonym: none

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Lament

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(v.) to feel or express deep sorrow for; to mourn

Hint 4

the man lamented, or mourned for his dead friend.

antonym: Celebrate
synonym: mourn

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Consencrate

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(v.) to set apart as holy; to devote to sacred or serious use

Hint 5

the body of Christ should have been consencrated when he died, because he was holy, but the other bodies were fine as they were.

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Disparage

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(v.) to discredit or belittle

Hint 6

the rediculed, mocked man was also belittled and disparaged.

antonym: praise
synonym: belittle

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Loathe

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(v.) to feel intense dislike for; abhor

Hint 7

i loathed, or abhored the little girl ever scince she had cut off my hair; and i did love it so dearly!

Antonym: like, love
Synonym: abhor

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Defile

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(v.) to soil, tarnish, disgrace; to bring to shame

Hint 8

the soiled, tarnished, disgraced man was altogether defiled.

antonym: clean, honor
synonym: soil, tarnish, disgrace

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Transfigure

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(v.) to alter the outward appearance of; transform

Hint 9

the little shrub of a girl, whom everyone thought was quite ugly, put her hair up in an elaborate style and put on a becoming dress, and was extremely transformed; transfigured, and everyone loved her.

antonym: remain
synonym: transform

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Premeditated

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(adj.) characterized by deliberate purpose, previous consideration, and some degree of planning

Hint 10

the man premeditated the trip to florida, even though he was actually wishing he hadn't thought about the trip in so much depth, and planned so much.

antonym: accidental
synonyms: planned

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Audacious

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(adj.) fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold; insolent

Hint 11

the daring, bold, insolent, audacious girl loved to go sky diving, and bungy-jumping and all sorts of other things like that

antonym: timid
synonym: bold

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Tarry

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(v.) to remain or stay temporarily, as in a place; to wait; linger

Hint 12

the man loitered, lingered, waited, and tarried as long as he could at the happy party

antonym: finish
synonym: wait

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Quell

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(v.) 1. to put down forcibly; to suppres
2. to pacify; to quiet

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the feeling of dread wasn't quelled or quieted when Anne got to the orphanage.

antonym: disturbed
synonym: quiet

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Discretion

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(n.) 1. the quality of being discreet; having self-restraint
2. ability or power to decide responsibly

Hint 14

the little girl was full of discretion as she chucked her milk bottle out the window, but then it hit someone, and instead of being discreet, the exact opposite happened.

antonym: indiscretion
synonym: deliberation

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Reprehend

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(v.) to express strong disapproval of; criticize

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the woman criticized and reprehended the young lovers at the foolishness they were reaping.

antonym: approve
synonym: criticize

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Hoard

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(n.) a hidden supply stored for future use to gather or accumulate

Hint 16

the dragons were said to have kept hoards, but they didn't not at all.

antonym: debt
synonym: treasure

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Amity

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(n.) peaceful relations, as between nations; friendship

Hint 17

amity and friendship was filling up anne's heart.

antonym: hostility
synonym: friendship

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Discord

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(n.) lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things; tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension

Hint 18

the dissension, or discord, was a particularly bad one, and the two women wouldn't speak to each other for weeks.

antonym: agreement
synonym: dissension

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Enmity

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(n.) deep-seated, often mutual hatred

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Pare

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(v.) 1. to remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife 2. to reduce as if by cutting off outer parts; trim

Hint 20

the man pared the pair without looking, he knew he was trimming the skin off to eat, but he had done so for a long time.

antonym: cover
synonym: trim